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Opening· 9 plies

Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Lusophobe Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B01), reached after 9 half-moves: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. Be2.

Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Lusophobe Variation ECO B01
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About this opening

Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Lusophobe Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code B01. ECO group B (B00–B99) covers semi-open games (1.e4 with Black playing anything other than 1…e5), with the Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann and Pirc/Modern at its heart. This particular variation is reached after 9 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. Be2.

It belongs to the Scandinavian Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Portuguese Gambit → Lusophobe Variation line). The immediate parent line is Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, transitioned via 5.Be2.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 d5, 2.exd5 Nf6, 3.d4 Bg4, 4.Bb5+ Nbd7, 5.Be2. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.